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Breakfast at Biku beckons in Bali

Biku is an iconic Seminyak restaurant in Jalan Petitenget that amongst other things serves breakfast all day!

Known for their amazing High Teas including Asian and Traditional versions, Biku also serves a High Breakfast that includes croissants, Danish pastries, corn cakes, omelette, sausages, grilled tomato and fruit salad! They are also known for having an amazing range of teas, all served in a gorgeous colonial feeling setting in a 150 year old teak joglo (traditional Indonesian wooden house). Eating outside in the garden courtyard is also very pleasant, and everywhere you look are beautiful fresh flowers brought in by local florists each day.

We weren’t hungry enough for the High Breakfast on this visit but were feeling like something more than the “Something Healthy”section of the menu which features items like Chia Pods, Smoothie Bowls, Fruit Salad and Scrambled Tofu. But Biku’s breakfast selection is really fantastic including a whole section of “Something Different” and another with “Something Classic” and “Something Indonesian”.

We opted to try some different things ordering the soft poached eggs on chive and buttermilk scones with wilted spinach and hollandiase sauce for Adrian and the Indian lentil pancakes with coconut sambal, yoghurt and chutney for me. Both dishes were delicious and decidedly different to the typical hotel, cafe and warung breakfasts available in Bali.

Biku is definitely a great destination for breakfast but also has a high quality and diverse lunch and dinner menu catering to whatever food mood you might be in. Their children’s menu is much more than just the usual chicken nuggets and chips and ensures that it is a family friendly venue at any time of the day.

Owned and established by the Royal Princess of Ubud, Biku continues to deliver great food and ambience with a sense of grace.

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Sardine – seafood safari in Bali

Sardine is a far cry from the trashy, tourist rip off traps along Jimbaran Beach that many travellers to Bali flock to for a fresh seafood experience.

Whilst it is expensive by Bali standards, the quality of the seafood is absolutely top notch, as is the divine setting with views across their own rice paddy and small farm, but right at Jalan Petitenget 21 not far from the Seminyak action.

I have been to Sardine on a few occasions now and they have not failed to impress with the simple but perfectly spiced dishes, warm welcome, smiling and snappy service, and good drinks list. They have also kept up the standards that won them Best Restaurant in Seminyak in 2016 in the popularly voted Yak magazine awards.

The current menu offers delicious starters such as Manis (sweet) Clams cooked with chorizo and chilli and Mussels in coconut milk sauce. The shellfish does not disappoint and is cooked to perfection preserving its sweetness and texture.

One of my favourite mains is the whole filleted fish cooked Jimbaran Style on the grill and served with brown rice and Balinese sambal matah. Hamachi, a fish not often seen on menus in Australia or elsewhere, is also often a feature on the menu with seasonal changes to the sauce and accompaniments that best complement this fish.

If you want really great seafood in a great setting when in Seminyak, then Sardine will bring all your fishy dreams true.

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Recommend Warung Eny anytime!

We recently feasted at Warung Eny’s in Jalan Petitenget Seminyak and I would highly recommend dining here at anytime! A real local warung with decent almost local prices is difficult to find in the midst of all the Petitenget bling but Warung Eny certainly delivers the goods.

From the barbecue out front fanning coconut husk smoke across the entryway, the faded photos on the walls of past happy customers, Eny’s family busy serving and cooking in the kitchen, the piles of fresh vegetables and divine smells of home cooking, Warung Eny is a little piece of real Bali squeezed in between high fashion boutiques and fine dining foreign restaurants.

We went for dinner on a rainy Seminyak evening with friends who had visited twice before and we were surrounded by happy regular guests who had obviously, similarly enjoyed the delicious home cooked food before. Repeat visitation is surely the highest praise for any restaurant?

I can assure you that I will be going back there if not for the succulent, spicy minced pork steamed in banana leaves and delicious Gado Gado, then definitely for the chargrilled satay, giant king prawns also freshly grilled over coconut husks and the crab with sweet chilli sauce. Bintang or a freshly cut young coconut should be the drink of choice to go with your local feast!

The service was impeccable overseen by a sharp-eyed Eny herself!

Wonderful Warung experience at warung prices in the heart of Seminyak. Please make sure you break away from the Seminyak scene long enough to enjoy a little bit of real Bali here! You will leave Bali with a very special memory.

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Review: Sassy Sarong still going strong in Seminyak, Bali

Recently some foodie friends of mine visited Seminyak on a week long rest, relaxation and fine dining tour. When I requested their top 3 picks they admitted that despite trying many of the hot newcomer restaurants they felt that Will Meryck’s Sarong restaurant in Jalan Petitinget was still their top choice for the food, service and atmosphere.

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After very many years of visiting Bali I have been to Sarong on quite a few occasions including having a great time here on New Year’s Eve 2013. We had stopped in to Seminyak for a few days on this trip to stop in to some of the great restaurants by the coast before heading to Ubud – of course Sarong was also top of our list to go back to. We booked ahead via their website which is easy to do and highly recommended because it fills up quickly even in the low season.

We arrived to met by their traditional warm welcome and we’re seated in the beautiful garden. The warm interiors and gorgeous lighting throughout creates a magical setting for evening dining in particular.

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Sarong does great cocktails and I couldn’t go past the Refreshing Raspberry Mojito to begin and we ordered a bottle of D’Arenberg Shiraz to go with dinner. Wines are expensive due to taxes and in this case the wine was almost half our bill but was worth it to complement the great food.

For entrees we couldn’t go past the betel leaves with raw tuna and the signature pork belly with Sichuan pepper and a divinely Tamarindo and tamarind chutney. Knowing the generous size of the mains we settled on the stir fried chilli prawns with an interesting sauce featuring curry leaves and Indonesians flavours and the Bebe Madura – twice cooked duck with Balinese sambals. For a bit of green alongside, we chose sautéed green beans with Sambal Olek. (Unfortunately no room for dessert!)

 

Needless to say the sassy sauces and variety of cooking techniques used for this variety of dishes, along with super fresh ingredients and herbs all combined with trademark Sarong service resulted in another wonderful dining experience at Sarong. If you haven’t been there yet – it is a must do on any visit to Seminyak!

Thanks to Sarong Bali for the great images from your Facebook page and website http://www.sarongbali.com

 

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